Arcadia Creek Stretch 8 Description:

• Creek flows through culvert under drive separating church property from Kalamazoo Christian High School
• Sinuous channel
• Lawn mowed to edge creek, no riparian zone
• Eroding banks at bends in creek due to lack of deep rooted vegetation
• No shading of water
• Stormwater inputs from high school parking lot
• Creek widens out into pond: flow decreases, algae floating on surface, clarity decreases
• Significant nutrient input from waterfowl population in pond
• Erosion and slumping along pond banks